aside What Steve Bannon Has to Say About The Presidency Of Donald J. Trump Regarding Treason

Et tu, Steve Bannon. As of January 2018, there is one person who cannot be accused of continuing to carry the water for the republican President Donald J. Trump and this individual is none other than his former Chief Strategist Steve Bannon, as per his quotes detailed in his book, “Fire and Fury” by Michael Wolff.

Needless to say, I will be purchasing this book asap.

Let’s see if over the next few weeks, Sreve Bannon doesn’t back track somewhat on his less than flattering descriptions of President Trump and his administration. For example, Steve Bannon claims that there is no way that President Trump didn’t have knowledge of the June 9, 2016 infamous Trump Tower meeting with the attendees of Don Trump Jr., Jared Kushner, Paul Manafort and the Russian operatives, as he was present in the building at the same time. Mr. Bannon describes what happened at this meeting as treasonous.

This is blockbuster news, as both the president and Steve Bannon play with the same base. It is now Steve Bannon calling into question many of the president’s claims of innocence regarding Russian connections.

Here’s the rest of the story…

On January 3, 2017, David Smith of the Guardian published the following report, “Trump Tower meeting with Russians ‘treasonous,” Steve Bannon Says In Explosive Book.”

Bullet Points:

Former White House strategist quoted in Fire and Fury, by Michael Wolff

Bannon: ‘They’re going to crack Don Junior like an egg on national TV:

Excerpts:

“Donald Trump’s former chief strategist Steve Bannon has described the Trump Tower meeting between the president’s son and a group of Russians during the 2016 election campaign as “treasonous” and “unpatriotic”, according to an explosive new book seen by the Guardian.”

“Bannon, speaking to author Michael Wolff, warned that the investigation into alleged collusion with the Kremlin will focus on money laundering and predicted: “They’re going to crack Don Junior like an egg on national TV.”

“Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, reportedly based on more than 200 interviews with the president, his inner circle and players in and around the administration, is one of the most eagerly awaited political books of the year. In it, Wolff lifts the lid on a White House lurching from crisis to crisis amid internecine warfare, with even some of Trump’s closest allies expressing contempt for him.”

“Bannon, who was chief executive of the Trump campaign in its final three months, then White House chief strategist for seven months before returning to the rightwing Breitbart News, is a central figure in the nasty, cutthroat drama, quoted extensively, often in salty language.”

“He is particularly scathing about a June 2016 meeting involving Trump’s son Donald Jr, son-in-law Jared Kushner, then campaign chairman Paul Manafort and Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya at Trump Tower in New York. A trusted intermediary had promised documents that would “incriminate” rival Hillary Clinton but instead of alerting the FBI to a potential assault on American democracy by a foreign power, Trump Jr replied in an email: “I love it.”

“The meeting was revealed by the New York Times in July last year, prompting Trump Jr to say no consequential material was produced. Soon after, Wolff writes, Bannon remarked mockingly: “The three senior guys in the campaign thought it was a good idea to meet with a foreign government inside Trump Tower in the conference room on the 25th floor – with no lawyers. They didn’t have any lawyers.”

“Even if you thought that this was not treasonous, or unpatriotic, or bad shit, and I happen to think it’s all of that, you should have called the FBI immediately.”

“Bannon went on, Wolff writes, to say that if any such meeting had to take place, it should have been set up “in a Holiday Inn in Manchester, New Hampshire, with your lawyers who meet with these people”. Any information, he said, could then be “dump[ed] … down to Breitbart or something like that, or maybe some other more legitimate publication”.

MUELLER

“Special counsel Robert Mueller was appointed last May, following Trump’s dismissal of FBI director James Comey, to investigate Russian meddling in the 2016 election. This has led to the indictments of four members of Trump’s inner circle, including Manafort and former national security adviser Michael Flynn. Manafort has pleaded not guilty to money laundering charges; Flynn has pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI. In recent weeks Bannon’s Breitbart News and other conservative outlets have accused Mueller’s team of bias against the president.”

“Trump predicted in an interview with the New York Times last week that the special counsel was “going to be fair”, though he also said the investigation “makes the country look very bad”. The president and his allies deny any collusion with Russia and the Kremlin has denied interfering.”

STEVE BANNON

“Bannon has criticised Trump’s decision to fire Comey. In Wolff’s book, obtained by the Guardian ahead of publication from a bookseller in New England, he suggests White House hopes for a quick end to the Mueller investigation are gravely misplaced.”

“You realise where this is going,” he is quoted as saying. “This is all about money laundering. Mueller chose [senior prosecutor Andrew] Weissmannfirst and he is a money-laundering guy. Their path to fucking Trump goes right through Paul Manafort, Don Jr and Jared Kushner … It’s as plain as a hair on your face.”

“Last month it was reported that federal prosecutors had subpoenaed records from Deutsche Bank, the German financial institution that has lent hundreds of millions of dollars to the Kushner property empire. Bannon continues: “It goes through Deutsche Bank and all the Kushner shit. The Kushner shit is greasy. They’re going to go right through that. They’re going to roll those two guys up and say play me or trade me.”

BANNON

“Scorning apparent White House insouciance, Bannon reaches for a hurricane metaphor: “They’re sitting on a beach trying to stop a Category Five.””

He insists that he knows no Russians, will not be a witness, will not hire a lawyer and will not appear on national television answering questions.

“Fire and Fury will be published next week. Wolff is a prominent media critic and columnist who has written for the Guardian and is a biographer of Rupert Murdoch. He previously conducted interviews for the Hollywood Reporter with Trump in June 2016 and Bannon a few months later.”

“He told the Guardian in November that to research the book, he showed up at the White House with no agenda but wanting to “find out what the insiders were really thinking and feeling”. He enjoyed extraordinary access to Trump and senior officials and advisers, he said, sometimes at critical moments of the fledgling presidency.”

“The rancour between Bannon and “Javanka” – Kushner and his wife Ivanka Trump – is a recurring theme of the book. Kushner and Ivanka are Jewish. Henry Kissinger, the former secretary of state, is quoted as saying: “It is a war between the Jews and the non-Jews.”

“Trump is not spared. Wolff writes that Thomas Barrack Jr, a billionaire who is one of the president’s oldest associates, allegedly told a friend: “He’s not only crazy, he’s stupid.”

Who knows? If I were Steve Bannon I would not have been pleased with sharing the spotlight with the likes of Don Trump Jr., Jared and Ivanka Kushner, all lightweights who would never have seen the WH, except for being family members of the president.

He is angry about the president relying on advice by the clueless. But what else is new.

Can you imagine how angry President Trump is right now? I hope he is restrained from doing any real harm in retaliation.

Gronda, while I am not a fan of Bannon (or Trump), Bannon has just thrown accelerant on the Trump fire. I do not disagree with the assessment of the now-infamous Junior meeting with the Russians as treasonous. The comments about the money laundering path is what we have been talking about for months.

What Bannon has done is told those Trump sycophants that their beloved may indeed be guilty. Keith

The problem is, short of outright admitting guilt, Trump will claim plausible deniability. His family members will basically keep their mouths shut and pull a Sessions testimonial…. I don’t recall, not sure what you mean by… etc.

Perhaps Steve Bannon is a sly political animal and want to cover his butt if SHTF. Ultimately it boils down to the Mueller investigation, hopefully they can introduce solid incriminating evidence against Trump, b/c it seems to drag on forever.

Investigations of this caliber are lengthy but from what I can tell, Mr. Mueller is investigating in the area where President Trump is most vulnerable. There will be ample incriminating evidence which explains why there are republicans hard at work to mitigate for the future fall out which is now inevitable.

This year is certainly off to an interesting start, to say the least! I suspect, having read a few snippets from the book, that there will be may tirades from Trump in the coming days. Even Ivanka reportedly made fun of his hair and how he colours it! I hope he doesn’t do anything foolish (yes, that’s a hope that is doomed from the start) but I admit that I am taking some pleasure in seeing him have to face up to criticism, given his thin skin. Perhaps he will just curl up in a ball and start sucking his thumb.
Hugs!!!

I cannot even imagine how this will play out. The only thing that I would bet on is that it will be a three-ring circus! I agree with you … I would not wish to be working within a mile of him at the moment! Hugs!!!